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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mayoayo" data-source="post: 1593020" data-attributes="member: 16781">Yeah,I wasnt being serious  about the Endorsement of Cornell,or any other "endorser",...The Bushnell brand is not something that I ,personally,love specially,And honestly ,I dont really care for most of their prodicts..The "Custom" name is a thing of its own though,And its interesting that the elite 7x26 has the Elite series logo in large letters in the side of the body,the Elite and Custom names in the focuser wheel,but No Bushnell brand clearly visible,except for the tiny letters in the round logo where it says (tiny) "bushnell birding series",..I dont really need the 2mm extra aperture,nor do I care for the extra degree in FOV necessarily either.I am now used to the moderate,distortion free FOV and the LARGE sweet spot.But some type of sealing is needed,as you say,at least to keep dust to move in ..I dont know ,probably it would take 5 years of dust gathering before the view is compromised,But I have been monitoring the progression of specks inside the binos,and with normal use,there are New Friends inside almost every day!:eek!:</blockquote>